"Where, after all, do universal human rights..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
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“Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.”
“I think that in great crises you need to have deep rooted convictions and I have a feeling from the kind of campaigns that I have watched Mr. Nixon in in the past that his convictions are not very strong.”
“All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.”
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“We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.”
“It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.”
“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings.... What I am condemning is that one power, with a president [George W. Bush] who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.”
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“We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.”
“We understand … that what constitutes the dignity of a craft is that it creates a fellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for them a common language.”
“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”